de|prave «dih PRAYV», transitive verb, -praved, -prav|ing.
1. to make bad; injure morally; corrupt; pervert: »
Drinking too much alcoholic liquor often depraves a person's character.
2. Obsolete. to defame.
╂[< Latin dēprāvāre < dē- (intensive) + prāvus crooked, wrong]
–de|prav´er, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.